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Silver drachma from Parthia (modern day Iraq) showing on the obverse a portrait of Phraates IV and on the reverse an archer holding a bow surrounded by the inscription �BASILEOS BASILEON MEGALOU ARSAKOU EPIPHANOUS� or �Of Great Arsaces, King of Kings, God Manifest.�
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Electrotype didrachm from the kingdom of Epirus (modern day Greece and Albania) from the time of King Pyrrhus. The obverse shows the helmeted head of Aliches, and the reverse thetis vieled riding a hippocamp and holding the shield of Achilles.
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Silver obol from Bactria (central Asia now parts of Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Afghanistan) showing on the obverse the head of Eucratides I and on the reverse caps and palms of the Dioscuri.
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Silver 1/12 stater from Miletus, Ionia (modern day Turkey). The obverse shows a lion head and the reverse an incuse sun motif.
Pyke, Edgar William
Silver tetrabol from Massalia (modern day Marseilles, France). Obverse shows a bust of Artemis and the reverse a lion prowling.
Pyke, Edgar William
Silver stater from Corcyra (on Cofru) showing on the obverse a cow with a suckling calf, and on the reverse a stellate pattern in double rectangles.
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Edgar William Pyke coin collection.
Collection of coins ranging from the Persian Empire of the 6th century BCE to 19th century Britain. The coins reflect the development of the monetary systems, art, religion and shifting borders of the world. Also included are a coin weight and various electrotype coin reproductions.
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Silver crown from England showing on the obverse the head of King George V and on the reverse St. George slaying the dragon. This is a jubilee issue.
Pyke, Edgar William
Silver proof thaler from Abyssinia showing on the obverse the head of Empress Maria Theresa and on the reverse the Hapsburg coat of arms. Restrike.
Pyke, Edgar William
Silver crown from England showing on the obverse the head of Queen Victoria and on the reverse St. George slaying the dragon. This is a jubilee issue.
Pyke, Edgar William
Silver shilling from England showing on the obverse the head of King George IV and on the reverse a lion over a crown and a rose.
Pyke, Edgar William
Silver coins from England showing on the obverse the head of King George III (penny with 1 on the reverse) and King George IV (groat with 4 on the reverse). Both of these are maundy coins.
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Silver coins from England showing on the obverse the head of King George III and the reverse a 3 (threepence), a 4 (fourpence), four shields surrounding a garter star with crowns in the angles (Shilling and sixpence).
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Silver shilling from England showing on the obverse the head of King George I and on the reverse four crowned shields surrounding a garter star with C and SS in the angles. This is a South Sea Company issue that was minted from silver found by the South Sea Company in Indonesia in 1722.
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Silver halfcrown from Norwich (England) showing on the obverse the head of William III and on the reverse four crowned shields.
Pyke, Edgar William
Silver halfcrown from England showing on the obverse the heads of William and Mary and on the reverse a crowned quartered shield of arms.
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Silver farthing from England showing on the obverse the head of Mary and on the reverse the head of William. This pattern farthing was struck as an experimental coin and was never entered into circulation.
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Copper farthing from Norwich, England showing on the obverse the words A NORWICH FARTHING in three lines across the field and on the reverse the coat of arms of Norwich. These private tokens were issued due to a lack of official coinage in the period following English Civil War.
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Silver halfcrown from Oxford (England) showing on the obverse Charles I on a horse and on the reverse RELIG: PRO: LE / ANG: LIB: PAR in two lines across the field with the date 1644.
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Silver shilling from England showing on the obverse the head of James I and on the reverse the shield of arms.
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Silver threr half pence from England showing on the obverse the head of Elizabeth I and on the reverse a cross fourch�e over quartered coat of arms with the date.
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Silver halfpenny from London (England) showing on the obverse the head of Richard II and on the reverse a long cross with three pellets in the angles.
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Silver hardi from La Rochelle (France) showing on the obverse Edward the Black Prince and on the reverse a long cross with leopards and fleur de lis in the angles.
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Silver penny from Canterbury (England) showing on the obverse the head of Edward I and on the reverse a long cross with three pellets in the angles.
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Silver penny from Norwich (England) showing on the obverse the head of William I (also known as William the Bastard) and on the reverse a cross with the letters PAXS in circles in the angles.
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Silver penny from Lincoln (England) showing on the obverse the head of Edward the Confessor and on the reverse an expanding cross.
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Silver penny from Norwich (England) showing on the obverse the head of Edward the Confessor and on the reverse a hammer cross.
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Silver drachma from Thasos (Thrace, now Greece) showing on the obverse a naked ithyphallic Satyr carrying off a protesting nymph and on the reverse an incuse quadripartite square.
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Silver denarius from Rome (Italy) showing on the obverse the head of Caracalla and on the reverse victory on prow.
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Silver drachma from Syria showing on the obverse the head of Antiochus III and on the reverse Apollo seated.
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Bronze follis from London (England) showing on the obverse the bust of Crispus and on the reverse a wreath surrounding the letters VOT X.
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Bronze follis from Alexandria (Egypt) showing on the obverse the head of Constantius I and on the reverse Genius standing left, holding patera and cornucopiae.
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Bronze coin from Rome (Italy) showing on the obverse the head of Maxentius and the reverse showing the Dioscuri Castor and Pollus seated each other each holding a bridled horse and scepter.
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Bronze Dupondius from Nemausus (Nice, France) showing on the obverse back-to-back heads of Agrippa and Augustus and on the reverse a crocodile chained to a palm tree.
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Silver drachma from Mauretania (modern day Northern Africa) showing on the obverse the head of Juba II and on the reverse a cornucopiae and sceptre.
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Silver denarius from Lyons (France) showing on the obverse the head of Augustus and on the reverse Gaius & Lucius standing front, each with a hand resting on a round shield.
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Bronze coin from Rome (Italy) showing on the obverse the head of Germanicus and on the reverse the letters SC.
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Bronze coin from Rome (Italy) showing on the obverse the head of Janus on the reverse the letters ACAE.
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Electrum litrae from Syracuse showing on the obverse the head of Apollo and on the reverse a lyre.
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Silver denarius from Rome (Italy) showing on the obverse the head of Rome and on the reverse the she-wolf with Romulus and Remus.
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Silver tetradrachm from Egypt showing on the obverse the head of Ptolemy XII and on the reverse an eagle.
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Silver denarius from Rome (Italy) showing on the obverse the head of Clodius Albinus and on the reverse Rome leading on a shield holding the palladium.
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Silver triobol from Phocis (modern day Greece) showing on the obverse a facing bull head and on the reverse a laureate head of Apollo.
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Silver hemidrachm from Neapolis (Ancient Macedon, modern day Greece) showing on the obverse the head of a gorgon with its tongue protruding, and the on the reverse the laureate head of a nymph.
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Electrotype coin from Thurium, Lucania (modern day Italy) showing on the obverse the head of Athena wearing a Corinthian helmet and on the obverse a stampeding bull and under a tuna fish.
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Bronze coin from Ephesus, Ionia (modern day Turkey). The obverse shows a bee and the reverse shows a stag looking to the right over its shoulder along with the inscription of the magistrate.
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Silver Tritartemorion (or 3/4 obol) from Athens, Greece. Obverse shows a head of Athena and the reverse the letters AOE surrounded by crescents.
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Silver half stater from the Kingdom of Lydia, minted in Sardis during the reign of King Croesus. The obverse shows the facing foreparts of a lion and a bull and the reverse shows two incuse squares.
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Silver crown from England showing on the obverse the head of Queen Victoria and on the reverse St. George slaying the dragon. This is a diamond jubilee issue.
Pyke, Edgar William
Silver coins from England showing on the obverse the head of Queen Victoria and on the reverse the numbers 1, 2, 3, & 4. This is an 1885 maundy set.
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Silver crown from England showing on the obverse the head of Queen Victoria and on the reverse crowned, cruciform shields around Garter Star; rose, thistle, & shamrock in quarters; all within Gothic frame.
Pyke, Edgar William
Silver crown from England showing on the obverse the head of Queen Victoria and on the reverse a crowned shield of arms within olive wreath; thistle, rose, & shamrock below.
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Silver groat from England showing on the obverse the head of William IV and on the reverse Britannia seated.
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Silver sixpence from England showing on the obverse the head of Anne and on the reverse four crowned shields surrounding a garter star. This is a Vigo issue, coins stamped from silver or gold captured from the Spanish in Vigo Bay during the War of Spanish Succession.
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Copper farthing from Worcester, England showing on the obverse castle, with a falcon above it and the words WORCESTER FARTHING surrounding and on the reverse C W [City of Worcester] 1667 FOR NECESSARIE CHAING C W 1667. This is a tradesman token.
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Silver shilling from Newark (England) showing on the obverse a crown with C-R across the field and XII below and on the reverse OBS NEWARKE 1645 in three lines. This coin was minted as siege money during the English Civil War.
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Silver halfcrown from London (England) showing on the obverse the head of Oliver Cromwell and on the reverse a quartered shield showing the arms of England Scotland and Ireland, surmounted by a large crown.
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Silver jubilee sixpence from England showing on the obverse the head of Victoria and on the reverse a shield. This reverse design was withdrawn after this year as coins were being gilded and passed off as half sovereigns.
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Silver groat from Norwich (England) showing on the obverse the head of Edward IV and on the reverse a long cross with three pellets in the angles.
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Silver penny from Norwich (England) showing on the obverse the head of Harold II and on the reverse PAX between horizontal lines.
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Silver tetradrachm from Alexandria (Egypt) showing on the obverse the head of Ptolemy I and on the reverse an eagle standing on a thunderbolt with the date IIZ in the left field.
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Bronze follis from Alexandria (Egypt) showing on the obverse the head of Maximian I and on the reverse Genius holding paterna and cornucopia.
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Bronze coin from Siscia (modern day Sisak, Croatia) showing on the obverse the head of Probus and on the reverse Mars holding a spear and a trophy.
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Silver hemiobol from Athens (Greece) showing on the obverse the head of Athena and the reverse an owl and the letters AOE. The hemiobol was often used in Greek mythology to pay the Ferryman to cross the River Styx.
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Bronze follis from Trier (Germany) showing on the obverse the head of Licinius I and the reverse Genius standing left, holding patera and cornucopiae.
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Silver coin from Gaul (modern day France) minted by the Gallic Aedui people. The image on the obverse shows the helmeted head of Roma and the reverse a horse.
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Silver alloy coin from eastern England minted by the Brittonic Iceni people. The image on the obverse is obscured and the reverse seems to show a stylized horse.
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Bronze coin from Rome (Italy) showing on the obverse the head of Augustus and on the reverse the facade of the Ara Providentiae Augusti with Provident below. This coin was minted during the reign of Tiberius in honour of the deification of Augustus.
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Silver denarius from Rome (Italy) showing on the obverse the head of Domitian and on the reverse Minerva brandishing a spear and a shield.
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Silver denarius from Rome (Italy) showing on the obverse the Cybele with a turreted crown and on the reverse Bacchius Judeaus (Aristobulus II, High Priest and King of Judaea) holding an olive branch and the reigns of a camel.
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Bronze follis from Siscia (modern day Sisak, Croatia) showing on the obverse the head of Diocletian and on the reverse Genius holding a patera and cornucopiae.
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Bronze coin from Antioch (Turkey) showin gon the obverse the head of Constantius II and on the reverse a fallen horseman being slayed by a soldier.
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Bronze coin from London (England) showing on the obverse the head of Constantine I and on the reverse Sol holding a robe and raising right hand.
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Silver denarius from Rome (Italy) showing on the obverse the head of Marcus Aurelius and on the reverse Honos carrying an olive branch and cornucopiae.
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Silver denarius from Rome (Italy) showing on the obverse the head of Vespasian and on the reverse priestly implements
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Silver denarius from Rome (Italy) showing on the obverse the head of Vespasian and on the reverse Pax seated holding and olive-branch and a caduceus.
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Silver obol from Athens (Greece) showing on the obverse a four spoked wheel and on the reverse incuse of same.
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Bronze follis from Thessalonica (Greece) showing on the obverse a bust of Constantine I and on the reverse a campgate with two turrets.
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Silver siglo from the Persian Kingdom (modern day Iran) showing on the obverse a king running with a lance and on the reverse an incuse square.
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Electrotype coins (one showing each side) from Neapolis (Italy). Shows the head of a nymph and a man faced bull.
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Electrotype coins (one showing each side) from Corinth (Greece). Shows the head of Athena wearing a Corinth helmet, and a pegasus.
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Bronze diobol from Thurium, Lucania (modern day Italy) showing on the obverse possibly the helmeted head of Athena and on the reverse a bull standing right.
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Silver drachma from Cappadocia (modern day Turkey) showing the head of Ariobarzanes I on the obverse and ont he reverse Athena standing left, holding Nike, shiel and a spear.
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Silver drachma from Cappadocia (modern day Turkey) showing the head of Ariarathes IV on the obverse and ont he reverse Athena standing left, holding Nike, shiel and a spear.
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Electrotype tetradrachm from Syracuse (on Sicily) showing on the obverse the head of Hercules wearing the head of the Nemean Lion and the reverse showing Zeus seated holding an eagle. The coin dates from the reign of Alexander IV.
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Silver tetradrachm from Tenedos, Troas (modern day Turkey) showing on the obverse Janiform heads of Zeus and Hera, and on the reverse a bipennis with a cluster of grapes and a vase.
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Silver drachma from Parthia (modern day Iraq) showing on the obverse a portrait of Mithradates II wearing a diadem with a long beard and on the reverse a seated archer surrounded by the inscription �BASILEOS BASILEON MEGALOU ARSAKOU EPIPHANOUS� or �Of Great Arsaces, King of Kings, God Manifest.�
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Silver stater from Sybaris, Lucania (in Italy). The observe shows a bull standing on a dotted exergual line with the head inverted. Reverse the same incuse.
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Silver stater from the ancient city of Caulonia (in Italy) showing on the obverse Apollo with a branch and a stag to his right. On reverse same incuse.
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Silver sixpence from England showing on the obverse the head of Victoria and on the reverse the same in reverse. This coin is a brockage error during the minting process.
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Silver dollar from England showing on the obverse the head of King George III and on the reverse Britannia seated surrounded by FIVE SHILLINGS DOLLAR and then again by BANK OF ENGLAND. This coin has been struck over a Spanish dollar.
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Silver shilling from England showing on the obverse the head of King George II and on the reverse four crowned shields surrounding a garter star. This is a Lima issue, coins stamped from silver captured from the Spanish that had been mined in Peru, near Lima.
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Silver sixpence from Norwich (England) showing on the obverse the head of William III and on the reverse four crowned shields.
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Silver groat from England showing on the obverse the overlapping heads of William and Mary and on the reverse a crown over 4. This groat was issued in 1689 as Maundy money.
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Copper halfcrown from Ireland showing on the obverse the head of James II and on the reverse a crown over crossed sceptres with the date 1689 Aug. This so-called gunmoney (called such because of the belief that it was made from melted down guns) was issued during the Williamite War in Ireland and was intended to be traded in for silver coinage after James II won the war (which he did not). The fiscal year was changed in March of 1689 and the August date on the coin indicates the date for redemption.
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Silver crown from England showing on the obverse the head of Charles II and on the reverse four crowned shields with crossed C's between.
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